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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Avtec, Christine Wireless License DHS' Public Safety Comms Module - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avtec, Christine Wireless License DHS’ Public Safety Comms Module

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted Avtec and Christine Wireless commercial licensing rights to a DHS-built technology that works to help public safety organizations reconfigure or update legacy communication systems. DHS said Monday its science and technology directorate’s first responders group developed the Radio Internet-Protocol Communications Module to connect radio frequency consoles and […] More

  • Deloitte Workshop Aims to Help CISOs Manage Info Security Priorities; Ed Powers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Workshop Aims to Help CISOs Manage Info Security Priorities; Ed Powers Comments

    Deloitte has created a one-day immersive workshop to gather data about strategic and technical challenges facing newly appointed or incumbent chief information security officers and to help them balance their responsibilities. The company said Wednesday it found that 77 percent of CISO Transition Lab participants prioritize integration of business and data security strategies. CISOs also […] More

  • Lockheed, Rockwell Collins Showcase F-35 Helmet Display - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Rockwell Collins Showcase F-35 Helmet Display

    Rockwell Collins has unveiled its helmet mounted display system for F-35 fighter aircraft pilots during an event held Tuesday at the company’s headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Rockwell Collins–Elbit Systems of America joint venture built the Gen III F-35 HMDS and the device is scheduled for inclusion to Lockheed Martin‘s low rate initial production […] More

  • Acumen Releases Customer Communication Mgmt Platform for Govt Sector; Jay Tansing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acumen Releases Customer Communication Mgmt Platform for Govt Sector; Jay Tansing Comments

    Acumen Solutions has launched a new platform designed to help government agencies manage customer correspondence in print, on mobile and online. The Correspondence Management-a Salesforce Fullforce Solution for Government works to automatically route citizen service requests to the applicable lines of business, Acumen said July 31. “Public sector organizations spend countless hours managing important correspondence […] More

  • DRS Technologies Awarded Naval Communication, Missile Launch Tech Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Technologies Awarded Naval Communication, Missile Launch Tech Contracts

    DRS Technologies has announced three contracts the company was awarded provide digital combat, network communication and missile launching systems to the U.S. Navy. One contract has $96 million ceiling value over five years and covers work to produce, integrate and deploy the Common Display System Technology Insertion-12 for surface vessels, DRS said Monday. The Navy also awarded the company […] More

  • Progeny to Continue Support for Naval Ship System Maintenance Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Progeny to Continue Support for Naval Ship System Maintenance Tool

    Progeny Systems has been awarded a $10.9 million contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Navy build an integrated shipboard and shore-based maintenance decision platform. The Defense Department said Monday the company will create and integrate hardware components and software applications for the military branch to attain system-level functionality onboard naval ships and submarines. Work […] More

  • Lockheed to Build New Air-to-Ground Missile Tech for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build New Air-to-Ground Missile Tech for US Military

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $66.3 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop a joint air-to-ground missile system, Defense News reported Sunday. Joe Gould and Andrew Chuter write Lockheed will build the JAGM technology as a replacement for Hellfire and TOW missiles that Army, Navy and Marine Corps integrate onto rotary-wing and unmanned […] More

  • DARPA Gives Additional Spaceplane Development Funds to Boeing, Northrop, Masten - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Gives Additional Spaceplane Development Funds to Boeing, Northrop, Masten

    The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Masten Space Systems around $19.5 million in contract funds to continue building prototype robotic spaceplanes, Space.com reported Friday. Mike Wall writes the three companies moved into phase 1B of the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane-1 development initiative. Boeing and Northrop received $4 million each […] More

  • State Dept OKs F-16 Follow-On Services Sale to Bahrain - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs F-16 Follow-On Services Sale to Bahrain

    The State Department has approved Bahrain’s request to obtain follow-on F-16 aircraft support services, equipment and spares from the U.S. under a $150 million foreign military sales deal. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has not yet determined a principal contractor to deliver the order. The deal covers communications equipment, ammunition, personal training […] More

  • Rhoda Woo: Cybersecurity Emerges as Major Enterprise Challenge in Deloitte's CFO Survey - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rhoda Woo: Cybersecurity Emerges as Major Enterprise Challenge in Deloitte’s CFO Survey

    A Deloitte survey has found that 25 percent of chief financial officers at large North American companies feel their organizations are unprepared for cyber attacks or terrorism and tampering events. The research firm polled 101 CFOs in May for the company’s second-quarter 2015 CFO Signals report, according to a Deloitte Insights article published Monday on […] More

  • SAIC to Mentor RLM Communications Under Army Program; John Gully Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Mentor RLM Communications Under Army Program; John Gully Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has signed a three-year agreement to advise RLM Communications on business development and proposal processing through the U.S. Army‘s mentor-protege program. SAIC said Thursday the program offers small businesses an opportunity to participate more in federal contracts by establishing relationships with prime contractors. “We are proud to help RLM achieve its […] More